The ubiquity of digital technology and the increasing amount of data stored in organizational IT systems make cybersecurity a critical issue to many businesses. To harden their systems against data breaches, companies have started to use bug bounty programs to involve outsiders in helping to...

This paper draws from graph theory to develop an approach for modeling empirical research processes. The proposed approach is based on minimal assumptions about empirical research, which makes it intendedly agnostic of any particular method or field of study. I merely assume that empirical...

The familiar ’five-star’ ratings and reviews system makes it easy for consumers to use product evaluations across competing platforms to choose the product or service that is most likely to match their preferences. However, the ability to easily shop around for ratings and reviews raises a...

The evolution of Wikipedia betrays an increasing reliance on policies and guidelines, signalling certain stabilisation in the knowledge making processes underlying the encyclopaedia. We interpret such a state of affairs as reflecting the need to provide a few principles and guidelines of...